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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author's mother study acting?
(a) New York City.
(b) New Brunswick.
(c) Ottawa.
(d) Miami.

2. How old was Alison Bechdel when she realized she was a lesbian?
(a) 19.
(b) 22.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

3. On what date did the author receive a message to contact her mother immediately because her father had been killed?
(a) 6/29/80.
(b) 12/1/75.
(c) 5/3/76.
(d) 7/2/80.

4. What kind of truck was involved in Bruce Bechdel's death?
(a) A Getty Gas truck.
(b) A Duncan Hines truck.
(c) A Sunbeam Bread truck.
(d) A Borden Milk truck.

5. How many gestures of affection does the author describe witnessing between her parents in Chapter 3?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the heroine in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady?

2. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?

3. What was the author's favorite page in the Wind in the Willows coloring book?

4. On what street did the author grow up?

5. Who is the playwright for Morning's at Seven, which the author recalls her mother rehearsing for in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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